Burial casket



W. J. BIEN BURIAL GASKET' Oct. 16

' Filed nec. 21.. 1922 INVENTGR .J.BiEN

Hyg.

ATTORNEY patentado-a. 1e,Y 1923.,

Pari-:NT

COMPANY, or nEL'LEvILLn,` v ILLINOIS, e CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.I

' BURIAL oAsK-E'I'.

Application riled December YTo all whom t may concern: v

Be it'known that I, YVVIILLIAiuV J. BIEN,.

a subject of the United States of America, lresidingV at the city of Belleville, State .of 5 Illinois, United Statesjof Americznhave 1nvented certain new. and useful Burial CasfV ings, forming part of this specification. v*

My invention relates toV a kburial casket and has for its object the provision of means `for illuminating the interior ofthe casket,

which means comprises asource lof light and a collapsible canopy for directing the rays Vof light froin'th'eY source, said canopy.-

.Y preferablyl forming aV portion of the casket 20A decoration.Y Y Y In the accompanyingV drawingswhich ill lustrate'one form of casket made in 'accordance with my invention,'Fig. lisa front elevation, Fig. 2 is avertical section through the lid or panel andfFig.: 3 isfa diagram matic View. y

, y 5 indicates the body of theY casket and 6 the lid or y, Y body of' the casket at 7 s0 that. itmay be.

panel which 4is hinged(` to the 3U swungV upwardly into a substantiallyeverticalposition asshown. The panel is retained in position byy any suitable means, such', for example, as the cord 8 shown in Fig. 1. The facey of the panel 6 is covered with textile material 9` such as puffed satin VVso arrangedas to produce a decorative'eftect. Y The covering 9 is Vprovided withv a loose portion 10 cooperating with arten-.

closed1V curved rod 11 to produce'fa collapsi.

40 Vble canopy forming a part ofthe decoration of the' casket. The rod 11 is pivoted.

to the panel 6 at the points 12'so that it will fall down by gravity into the position shown in Eig. 2, when the panel is raised, carry- I .'21, ieeawseriaiNo. 608,195. 7

ing itthe loose, portion 10 of the material 9. *Arranged just below thecanopy *10, preferablyA at its central part isan in-Ll OFFICE- j WILLIAIVI J. BIEN, or BELLEVILLE-ILLINOIS, AssIeNon fro BELLEVILLE cnsniz'r candescentlamp 13 whichmay be supplied -with current through the circuit 14 from any suitable source', such as. the battery 15 ket.

v5o .f rcontained in a receptaclenl within the'cas- Theca'nopy 10 .not onlyjsvcreens'thelarnp -13 from the direct view of the observer but -also' acts as a reflector todirect therays" of light downwardly and forwardly intovthel casket, thus 'Y producingfl the maximum Yfree .to foldy back againstthe panel. i

.55 amountof light at the point desired. lllrhen,` 'y l the Apanel 6 is lowered, the canopy 1O-is` by Letters Patent ofthe United: States is :l

1. In' 'a' burial casket, the combination source of light carried by said panel, anda collapsible canopy of eXible material'falsol y Qcarriedk by lsaid panel for reflecting the raysv yfrom said source of light lforwardly and downwardly. L

2. Ina burial casket, the .combination with thevbo'dy of the casket, of a panel, av l source OIe light carried bysaid, panel, a tegX-` tile covering for said panel, anda canopy.

forming ka part of said covering and adaptedA `downwardly and forwardly. y e

n In a burial casket, the combination withy the body of the casket, of a panel,

textile covering for said panel including a forwardly and downwardly. In testimony. whereof, yI set'my hand and aixed my seal.H

a source of'light carried by said panel, a'

WILLIAM .I. BIEN. [ne] to directl the rays from said source of light f 

